YuJin's P.O.V
"Jaebum! Why aren't you packed yet?"
I exclaimed, upon entering his room and seeing a half empty suitcase sprawled across the bed, already beginning to fold clothes and pack them for him.
Our school had organised a camping trip for us to celebrate the end of our high school journey. & by journey I mean never-ending torture.
"It's too early~" he whined, still sat on the bed with half closed eyes as he yawned before hugging my waist, resting his head on my stomach.
I suddenly remembered that I still needed to talk to him about Oxford. I sighed, looking down at him and running my hands through his hair.
Well, it's better now than never. "Jaebum I-"
"MAKE SURE YOU'RE DECENT PEOPLE." A loud voice rang out before entering; the owner of course being none other than Jackson Wang as he walked in followed by the rest of the boys.
"Your front door was open." He smiled cheekily making me chuckle.
As I finished packing the last of Jaebum's stuff we all set off.
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"Yugyeom if you sing that song one more time I will break your neck!"
Jinyoung yelled at Yugyeom for the nth time but the latter continued to sing his provocative lyrics at the back of the chaotic coach.
Soon enough SuMi, Bambam and Jackson joined in on Yugyeom's antics which made Youngjae's bright laughter flood the coach making me smile.
Meanwhile, on the seats beside us, Mark watched Meena as she rested her head on her hand, looking out the window as her headphones were plugged in.
She had given up on Mark, just as Mark finally began to notice her.
I sighed and looked beside me to see Jaebum shuffling through his playlist. I really do need to tell him while I've still got the chance.
"Jaebum, I really need to-"
"Hey, listen to this." he smiled at me, plugging an earphone into my ear before pressing play.
It was Jaebum's voice on a track singing a song I'd never heard before.
(song: be with you - defsoul)
When I can see my reflection in your eyes
I know that there isn't anything more important
I hope you will stay in my arms all day
Because it's you, I hope your desire is me
Even this air feels like it's you
When I walk down the road holding your hand
It feels like I'm walking on a flower road
When our eyes meet and get closer
I feel like, I have the world
Please let time stop like this
When I'm with you, I want more.
All of a sudden the headphone is pulled out of my ear making me whine,
"Nope, you can listen to it when it's released." he smiles.
"Released?" I ask, in shock.
"Yeah, uh, I've been thinking you know, we've finished high school, we're being let out into the real world now, so what the hell do I wanna do?
Music. I wanna pursue music, I've always kind of overlooked it but it's kind of always what I've wanted to do I guess. Especially now that I have great inspiration." He looks towards me.
I'm just gonna start with posting a few pieces like that one that I've composed, see how it goes." He shrugs.
"Jaebum." I say, speechless for a second, "I'm so so unbelievably proud of you." I say with a huge smile, engulfing him in a tight hug.
"& the best part is." He laced his hands with mine, "you'll be by my side the entire time."
My smile faltered, "Jaebum, speaking of the future, I really really need to-"
"We're here!"
Fucking great.
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"I think I did something wrong."
I say unsurely, looking at the tent that I pitched. Well it wasn't exactly a tent, I'm not sure what it was.
"What is that?" Jinyoung said, appearing out of nowhere.
I sighed, "I have no idea." I say, too stressed out about telling Jaebum to actually care.
"If you tilt your head at a certain angle and squint your eyes a little, it kind of looks-yeah ok no I'm incompetent." I sigh making Jinyoung laugh.
"Students can you all gather around the firepit please!" Mrs Hwang announced as everyone began piling over.
"Now, as you can see, the fire is not lit yet because there's no wood. So we've decided to have a little competition. We want you to pair up and go out in the woods to collect some, each pair will be given a whistle and flashlight so don't worry about getting lost. The winning pair will get the biggest tent."
After everyone had paired up and all the whistles were handed out, we all got ready.
I was paired up with Jaebum, the red whistle was slung around his neck and flashlight in his hand
"3, 2, 1, go!" She yelled as everyone split up into different directions, into the depths of the forest.
I looked up to see that it was getting dark; my fear of the dark settling in. But Jaebum sensed this and held my hand, keeping his grip tight.
All I wanted to do is collect the damn wood and get back to the area where there were lights damn it.
"Jaebum please hurry." I whisper, still afraid as he collected some more wood.
I could've sworn I heard rustling behind me but then again it could just be me and my paranoia. Instinctively, I did what any sane person would do and what I seem to always do in these situations.
Hold onto Jaebum's bicep like a koala for dear life.
He looked down at me and chuckled, "Cute."
As we search deeper into the depths of the woods, I realise that we're alone and this is the perfect time to tell him.
"Hey Jaebum there's something I've been trying to-"
"Hey there's some wood down there, stay right here I'll be right back." He said before heading down.
Wait what.
I'm alone in the dark in the woods, & Jaebum has the whistle and the flashlight. Holy shit this is how I die. My gravestone is really gonna say, "attacked by a pack of wolves to death."
I stop overthinking and call out for Jaebum, only to receive no answer. I begin to worry that something happened to him.
"Jaebum!" I say, louder this time - my heart racing at the thought of something happening to him.
After a few more minutes, I begin to panic, refusing to stay in place any longer as I walk forward.
Unfortunately my dumbass didn't hear the snap of the twigs beneath my feet as I fell forward, saved by a pair of arms holding me up.
I look up to see Jaebum's familiar face and I swear I've never been more relieved.
"You idiot, you scared me! Where were you?" I smacked his chest, my eyes beginning to tear from all the pent up emotions inside of me including the stress of not being able to tell Jaebum.
"I saw some wood further down so I thought that I might as-well go and collect them." He says reassuringly.
He looks down at me, holding my small face in his large hands, "but hey why are you crying?" He asked, voice oozing with concern and worry written all over his face as tears began slipping down my face and he wipedthem away with his thumb.
"Jaebum I'm moving to the UK."
